Press Events

Thursday, November 02, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 “Paternity Harassment Suit” Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English An equity sales manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. last week filed a harassment claim against the brokerage, asking a court to order the firm to ...

Wednesday, November 01, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 "President Trump's visit and its implications for Japan & the Asia region" Language:The speech and Q & A will be in English The FCCJ is inviting Brad Glosserman, a senior adviser of the Pacific Forum CSIS and a visiting professor at the ...

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 "Trump’s Visit to Japan" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. The FCCJ is inviting Fumiaki Kubo, University of Tokyo professor, to talk about the implications of the visit by US President Donald Trump to Japan. ...

Thursday, October 26, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 Rapid Development of Renewables in Asia and Japan Language: The speech and Q&A will be in English With serious opposition rising to the restarting of Japan's nuclear power plants, the focus has turned to renewable energy such as solar and wind ...

Thursday, October 26, 2017, 12:00 - 14:00 "East Asian Community and Self-determination Rights of Okinawa" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation The Academic Society of the East Asian Community and Okinawa (the Ryukyus) was established on Sep.11, 2016 at the University ...

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 "Election Analysis" Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of Asia Pacific Initiative Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition refrained a two-third majority in Sunday's general election in his fifth winning streak since he came ...

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 11:00 - 12:00 "Future of DP and its party subsidies" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation. Hiroyuki Konishi, Member of House of Councilors and Vice Director-General of Executive Officeof the Democratic Party, will come to the club to ...

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 Author of "Black Box" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation Freelance journalist Shiori Ito sent shockwaves through Japan when she went public in late May with allegations that she had been raped. Sadly, it ...

Monday, October 23, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00   Zaw Min Htut, Executive Director, Rohingya Advocacy Network in Japan Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English. "Rohingya issue in Myanmar"   The rapidly unfolding tragedy of Rohingya refugees fleeing the alleged atrocities of the armed ...

Monday, October 23, 2017, 12:00 - 13:30 "Election Result Analysis" Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English   Weeks before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the Diet, Abe’s strong powerbase showed sign of erosion. The scandal surrounding Kake and Moritomo, in which he did favors to ...